Lady&#39;s hat-holder.



PATENTED MAY 26, 1908.

' H. M. GARRATT'.

LADYS HAT HOLDER. Arrmoulpn FILED NOV.16, 1907.

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LADYS HAT HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 10, 1907.

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LADYS HAT-HOLDER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY M. GARRATT, a citizen of United States, residing at Elmhurst, Long Island, in the county of Queens, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ladies Hat-Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has relation to means for supporting and protecting ladies hats behind chairs in a theater or similar public place of amusement.

The invention has for its object the improvement of a box-construction, now employed as a coin-operated device for the sale of candy, so that, as modified by me, it may wellsubserve the purpose of a hat-box holder and protector as well.

The nature of the invention is clearly illustrated in the drawings hereto annexed and forming a part of this specification, in view of which the improvements will be fully described with respect to their construction and mode of use, and then be pointed out in the subjoined claims.

Of the said drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of the box, showing it as open and the inner box and its arms as raised, and a hatin applied. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertica section. Figs. 3 and 4 are small details hereinafter referred to.

Similar characters of reference designate similar parts or features, as the case may be, wherever they occur.

In the drawings 1 designates a light box adapted to be suitably supported on the back of a theater chair, and having a hinged lid 2 that may be closed down and locked by any suitable means. V

3 designates" an inside-box having sides 4 and 5 and a bottom 6 only, which inside-box is fitted toslide in the box 1 and which is automatically raised slightly by means (not shown) when the lid 2 of the outer box is opened by dropping a coin into a slot (not shown).

As thus far described and shown the means are substantially the same as that contained in coin-operated candy vending boxes used in the theaters in New York and elsewhere,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 16, 1907.

Patented May 26, 1908.

Serial No. 402,544.

and hence, nakedly, forms no part of my improvement and need not be further described by me. of the inner box that extend above the outside-box are commonly termed the arms.

In the application of my improvements to the box I greatly enlarge the structure, so

that a ladys hat may be placed in or partially in the inner-box which may contain a confection or box of candy, as heretofore, which latter may be taken out directly after opening the box, as before stated.

The arms 7 and S of the inside box have holes made in them, and the hole 9 in the arm 7, which is composed of a double thickness of metal, has a closure of fine woven wire, bound by metal, supported between the two thicknesses of material over said hole; and the hole 10 in the arm 8 is closed by a piece of webbing, such as felt or other fabric, secured in place thereover.

11 designates a hat-pin that is inserted through the closure for the hole 10, then through the hat placed in the box, the point passing out through the wire gauze closure for the hole 9. In this way a supporter for a ladys hat may be formed so as to not only put it out of the way but to protect it against accidental damage as well. Upon removing the hat from the box, the arms 7 and 8 may be depressed and the lid 2 closed, preparatory to a new use.

The device may be used in connection with the vending of candy or as a ladys hat holder alone.

hat is claimed-is- A ladys hat-holder for the backs of theater chairs, consisting of an outer and inner box, the sides of the inner box, comprising the arms being extended above the sides of the outer box, holes formed through said arms, one of which is covered by woven wire and the other by a fabric, to adapt the hat to be arranged in the box and to be held and supported therein by a hat-pin thrust through the said openings and through a por tion of the hat therebetween.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY M. GARRATT.

I/Vitnesses:

MARY KERR, WV. H. MUNCEY.

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